The player Toronto FC selected ninth overall has had to endure some amazing things just to get his name in the MLS draft.
Most soccer players have a connection to the city in which they started their career, but few can claim a connection like Tsubasa Endoh. For five years, Endoh played in Fukushima, Japan for the Japanese Football Association academy, a city that adopted him and soon became like a second home.
Originally from Tokyo, Endoh would leave home for the coastal city of Fukushima at age 12 hoping it would lead him to professional soccer.